Gustaf Stresemann and The Dawes Plan

Gustaf Stresemann

Gustaf Stresemann took over control of Weimar republic in Germany People didn't like him because he followed the Treaty of Versailles and was paying back the reparations (German's thought of him as a sell out)At the time Germany was going through Hyper inflation to help this he brought in a new currency the Retenmark and with the help of Dawes Plan, which was put in place to help pay back the reparations to France

Locarno and Kellogg-Briand Pacts

Locarno Pact

This begins a period of optimism “The Spirit of Locarno”This pact define their borders which is the end of bored disputes France demilitarized the Rhineland (Ruhr region)
and ends up bringing insecurity in the east Britain, France, Belgium, Italy and Germany sign it

Kellogg-Briand Pact

15 nations (including USA, Germany and Russia)signed it (Many other countries sign similar deals) It denounced war as a method of solving disputes Both Kellogg and Briand won noble peace prize for this
(Kellogg-Brian Pact: saying that they would not go to war
against each other)

Frank B. Kellogg

Aristide Briand

Summery

Gustaf Stresemann helped Germany try and get out of their Hyperinflation with bringing in a new currency and the Dawes Plan. Although both the Locarno and Kellogg-Briand Pacts were great ideas on how too keep from going to war again they really didn't do anything and became useless because WWII ended up happening.